Abstract
Pneumatic actuators have been widely utilized in industrial machines with their advantages of low cost, safety, and high compliance. However, pneumatic systems need many air supply lines from a compressor, control lines from a controller, and power supply lines, making them complicated and large. This paper proposes a new control method reducing the number of control lines and power supply lines in pneumatic systems. It needs two key components; Multiplex Pneumatic Actuator Drive (MPAD) and Local Power Supply (LPS) for each local module. This paper deals with LPS from pneumatic line, firstly, we explain its outline design. Secondly, LPS is developed and is tested to confirm its performance. Thirdly, charging method is improved for high charging quantity. Finally, LPS is integrated into MPAD and they is shown that it reduces control lines and power supply lines in operational experiment.
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